Covid-19 is attacking the young but killing the old, according to statistics from the Western Cape.
The province that has confirmed more than 61% of SA's cases of the virus says more than half were people aged 21-40.The highest fatality rate is in the 71-80 age group, where almost one in six of the 209 people who have contracted the virus have died.
None of the 1,442 under-20s who have caught Covid-19 have died, and the fatality rate is minimal in the 21-30 age group and the 31-40 age group ., which is updated daily with data from the provincial health department. On Tuesday, the province was responsible for more than 70% of new cases and deaths, but its overall fatality rate of 1.73% is lower than the national average of 1.81%.
The province with the highest death rate is KwaZulu-Natal, while in the Eastern Cape it is 1.9% and in Gauteng 1.1%.
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